Cabeça de Burro

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20,00 €	22,00 €	28,00 €	38,00 €

One of the best wines in Portugal, it’s perfect with steaks, roast meats, cheese, and all Italian food. Balanced flavor of fruits and tannins it will get even better if you manage to keep it on a proper basement. Several years are exceptional like 1999 or 2005, but it’s always a good wine no matter the year. The Cabeça de Burro  (stands for “donkey head”), it’s a very fine red and Douro wine of soft fruits and tannins, that you want to treasure for a special occasion. I’ll find the very best characteristics of Portuguese wine once you take a glass of this beautiful wine… try to resist taking a full bottle of it.

Charamba

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16,50 €	18,50 €	24,50 €	34,50 €

The traditional Portuguese dance from the XIXth century names this wine, produced from the best grape varieties of Douro region. Charamba must be served from 16º to 18º Celsius, to enhance it strong body and character, that provides you a journey to the most traditional wine production of Portugal. Central figure of a Sunday afternoon among family, it will surely impress them while having a barbecue meal or just with french fries. It also be a star during a sophisticated dinner with turkey or roast chicken, but remember: if your dinning with your soul mate, whatever you’re having for a meal, this wine will give you a very comfy company. 

Esteva

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16,50 €	18,50 €	24,50 €	34,50 €

Enjoy the ultimate a fresh red fruit flavours, such as blackberry and raspberry and floral aromas like violets. This wine it’s ideal to drink it three to four years after the year of harvest. Esteva it’s one of those wines, when you serve at 17º Celsius, and with two or three  years on the basement, can really impress your friends and family, despite it’s young wine characteristics. Like the producer of this wine says: “only from a great love can be born a good wine,” and when you taste this one, you will understand the man.

Frei João

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15,00 €	17,00 €	23,00 €	33,00 €

The Bairrada representative of the list, it’s one of the most respected wines in Portugal. Its strong body, with a sensitive hint of blackberry on the way in, and the terminal forest flavour on the way out, make this wine perfect for impress your neighbours or your community. Specially if you’re having pork, mainly grilled pork. This “brother John” as it calls in Portuguese, it’s truly as spiritual experience, and it’s easy to imagine a convent where monk’s drink this blood of God. Its temperature should be 16º Celsius, although it’s suitable for environment temperature no longer then 20º. Try to use this wine in public events, but be advises that the public must be a wine public, and must have a strong meal during the occasion. Mexican food for example it’s suitable for this wine, as also north European specials like deer or wild pork. Trying it it’s crucial if you planning a rustic meal- don’t lose the opportunity to meet this strong wine.

Padre Pedro

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17,00 €	19,00 €	25,00 €	35,00 €

This medium bodied classic red, with ripe berry aromas, showing hints of raspberry and cherry, it’s the honourable representative of Ribatejo region. Best accompanied with grilled or roasted red meats, if served at 17º Celsius, it’s not only suitable for vegetarians, but also for lighter meals with bread and cheese.  This elegant red wine can be immediately consumed or stored in a cool place and sheltered from solar light.  The fine wines are being produce at this Cadaval House since 1648, and they maintain the best of their tradition, fermenting Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Castelão and Trincadeira grapes in stainless steel vats, using centuries of wine making knowledge- taste Padre Pedro its tasting tradition. 

Tapada do Barão

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17,00 €	19,00 €	25,00 €	35,00 €

The strong body and personality of Alentejo wines, meet a very special new product- Tapada do Barão. This is truly the architect’s choice, because it’s what we call an “author wine”, completely designed by the winemaker. Seven kinds of grapes, temperature controlled in marble tanks, and deposit in the French oak containers, shows the quest for a perfect Alentejo wine for very special occasions, usually among lovers. The wild character of Alentejo wine, it’s dominated here, like a pure blood horse that is bend to obey his master. Be the master of this wine in a romantic dinner, and take a ride to your own wild side. Possible to serve up to 20º Celsius but mind the alcohol effect.

Tinto da Talha

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16,50 €	18,50 €	24,50 €	34,50 €

Tinto da Talha is in fact the lovers choise. But not every lovers- both must be completely in love with each other, and both must have a passion for wine. This heavy bodied wine, it’s like a wild horse in the countryside, with no limits, just the horizon and the sunset. Very dark red, strongly structured, it’s a massive experience with a red grilled meat (a bit raw would be perfect) and lasagne. The complete opposite of light and vegetarian meals, this “castle” must be served at 19º Celsius. In fact, this personality it’s enhanced by its name, witch origin comes from the roman tradition that is still use in the south of Portugal of making wine in a terracotta amphora. The heat of Alentejo and the dry land of this region, make this wine that can be perfect in a Valentine’s day where lovers like to ride a bike to the sunset direction… like lonely rangers.

Monte Velho

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17,00 €	19,00 €	25,00 €	35,00 €

Your late afternoon friend, or sophisticated lunch, the Monte Velho was vinified with the best grape varieties of Alentejo, including Trincadeira, which has a strong international projection due its quality. An integrated spicy ripe fruit and oak characters, with a strongly round and bodied personality, takes this soft tannic structure in your “must” list of wines that you have to try wile your alive. Monte Velho must be serve around 18º to 19º Celsius, and you’ll find out that a round ending flavour it’s not only a restoration for your body- it is surely for your soul also.

Casa de Santar

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17,50 €	19,50 €	25,50 €	35,50 €

One of the very best wines of Dão Region has a dark grenade red colour, and a structure which the complex mature red fruits are solved with a round final. Casa de Santar it’s what we call a “proper” wine, strongly balanced, sophisticated, with a singular flavour that leads you almost to feel the dry micro-climate of the highlands of Dão. In fact, this wine it’s such a quality one, that it’s difficult to find the adequate words to describe it. Drink it from 16º to 18º Celsius to enjoy all the particular proprieties. It’s ideal for formal occasions, such as business meetings during lunch or dinner, or family holidays like Christmas or Thanks Giving. Try to find an adequate occasion for this gentleman- it deserves the special attention.

Duque de Viseu

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17,00 €	19,00 €	25,00 €	35,00 €

The gentleman’s choice. This red ruby colour, with red fruit aromas and spicy hints, with a soft and balanced final, it is the equivalent to mature, sexy and polite gentleman, that gives you a pleasure of an intelligent and interesting conversation in a closure of glamour’s dinner. Perfectly Dão region type, its soft final gives you a sense of well being state of mind, thus it’s perfect for more formal occasions, such as family events or first date or dinner with your girlfriend/boyfriend to be. If you are reading this blog, don’t give away the opportunity of tasting this- you’ll feel rewarded as soon as you open a bottle of Duque de Viseu.